Health & Medical Question

• After reviewing all the content in Module 1, how do you think it all relates to trends you see in emergency management?
• For example, more people are increasingly affected by natural disasters. While it’s true that more construction now occurs in hazardous places (e.g. picturesque cliffs, mountain slopes, floodplains, coastal areas, along seismic faults, etc.), how does that fit into the bigger picture of emergency management policy and practice?
• How are the things that you do every day and take for granted involved in emergency management processes?
• What do you think were some lessons learned from the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 ?
• What do you think were some lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina in 2005?
• What might some emergency management plans now include because of such events?

M1 Reflection 6601
Details
In your assignment for this week, address the following questions in
no less than one page,
integrating the knowledge you have gained during this week:
(individual paragraph answers on a page are acceptable for this
assignment)
After reviewing all the content in Module 1, how do you think it all
relates to trends you see in emergency management?
2- For example, more people are increasingly affected by natural
disasters. While it’s true that more construction now occurs in
hazardous places (e.g. picturesque cliffs, mountain slopes,
floodplains, coastal areas, along seismic faults, etc.), how does that
fit into the bigger picture of emergency management policy and
practice?
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How are the things that you do every day and take for granted
involved in emergency management processes?
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What do you think were some lessons learned from the attacks on the World
Trade Center on September 11, 2001 ?
5- What do you think were some lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina in 2005?
6- What might some emergency management plans now include because of such
events?
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M1 Readings source 1
Canton, Lucien G. 2020. Emergency Management: Concepts and Strategies for
Effective Programs. Second edition. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Inter Science.
Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
Chapter 3
9/11 Report
Impact of Katrina
The Impact of September 11,
2001 source2
The events of 9/11 prompted widespread reform in approaches to
emergency management in the United States. You’ve read about them in
the textbook, but now take a look at the original 9/11 Commission Report but you don’t have to read it all! Read the “Preface” of the 9/11
Commission Report to get a better grasp of the thinking and intentions
behind it.
Click on the link then scroll until you come to the “Preface” of The 9/11
Commission Report.Links to an external site.
After reading the Preface of the report, review this more recent report that
documents progress made in implementing the 9/11 Commission Report’s
recommendations. While you read, think about how the implementation of
these recommendations have affected your own life and the lives of
people close to you (i.e. family and friends).
U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Implementing 9/11 Commission
Recommendations. Progress Report 2011 (Release Date July 21, 2012).
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Implementing 9/11
RecommendationsLinks to an external
site.
One of the contested aspects of the 9/11 report is the existence of the
“secret 28 pages” as they are sometimes called. Read the following New
York Times article and decide for yourself: should these pages remain
classified? What is your opinion of how issues of national security and
classified/unclassified information have changed since 9/11?
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Claims Against Saudis Cast New
Light on Secret Pages of 9/11
ReportLinks to an external site.
Sources:
https://www.gpo.gov/featured/9_11.htm
https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/implementing-9-11-commission-reportprogress-2011.pdf
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/05/us/claims-against-saudis-cast-newlight-on-secret-pages-of-9-11-report.html
source 3
Now let’s explore the impact of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and its impact on
U.S.emergency management today.
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PBS Frontline: The Storm Links to an
external site.(November 2005)
When you click on the button to play the video, you’ll be forced to watch a
commercial, then Chapter 1 will begin.
Once Chapter 1 begins to play, you can scroll over the bottom of the video to reveal
the view time along with five white dots that represent the beginnings of each
“Chapter.”
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Chapter 1: Chaos and Tragedy [time to
watch: 19:23]
Chapter 2: FEMA’s Rocky History [time to
watch: 9:47]
Chapter 3: FEMA After 9/11 [time to
watch: 6:46]
Chapter 4: Katrina’s Communication
Breakdown [time to watch: 3:38]
Chapter 5: Epilogue
View Chapter 2, Chapter 3, and Chapter 4 by following the instructions above,
clicking on the second white dot for Chapter 2, which will then play through Chapter
4 (or you may opt to watch one chapter at a time, clicking on the third white dot in the
video timer for Chapter 3 and the fourth white dot for Chapter 4. Remember that the
time counter and related white dots are only visible if you scroll over the bottom of
the video viewing window). Note that you are certainly free to watch the whole
program (54:34) but are only required to watch the three middle chapters (Chapter 2,
3, and 4).
Source:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/storm/view/
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